Author: James Bryant

MV Agusta is better known as a manufacturer that makes aggressive style motorbikes, street fighters and cool sports. However, now the Italian manufacturer is starting to look at the urban transportation market, by presenting a modern electric scooter. The EV scooter named Ampelio was developed by MV Agusta together with a company from Taiwan, Kymco. For design, this electric scooter was designed by Maksim Ponomarev, designer MV Agusta from Russia, and is different by taking inspiration from motorbikes from the 50s. As can be seen from the rendering results, this motorbike has a rounded design with inflated edges that are…

Polestar celebrates the 100,000th production milestone of the Polestar 2 in Luqiao, China. The electric vehicle will be delivered to a customer in Ireland and will feature a unique door sign to mark the production milestone. “It’s an amazing achievement – especially given we launched the Polestar 2 during the pandemic. Thank you to the team and all our customers who have joined us on this exciting journey,” said Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO. Polestar 2 first shipped to consumers in July 2020. In Europe, the Polestar 2 is the No. 1 selling mid-range premium car. Over the nine months, fastback…

At the Los Angeles Auto Show 2022 (17/11), VinFast introduced the new electric car VinFast VF 6. The VinFast VF 6 appears at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show as a new electric car that will soon greet US consumers. Together with the VinFast VF 7, the VF 6 will fill the new electric car segment against the Tesla Model 3, Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Kia EV6. “VinFast VF 6 and VF 7 have luxurious exterior and interior designs and advanced technology,” said Le Thi Thu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of VinFast. “With four electric cars that have been introduced in…

– Added a new “deep lane guidance” module to the Vector Lanes neural network which fuses features extracted from the video streams with coarse map data, i.e. lane counts and lane connectivities. This architecture achieves a 44% lower error rate on lane topology compared to the previous model, enabling smoother control before lanes and their connectivities becomes visually apparent. This provides a way to make every Autopilot drive as good as someone driving their own commute, yet in a sufficiently general way that adapts for road changes. – Improved overall driving smoothness, without sacrificing latency, through better modeling of system…

General Motors announced it has entered into a Vale agreement for the long-term supply of battery-grade nickel sulfate. GM’s move comes to slash the cost of electric vehicle battery cells as automakers prepare to increase EV competition after 2025. Vale will supply the equivalent of 25,000 metric tons of nickel sulfate to GM per year from the proposed plant in Bécancour, Québec, Canada. Later this nickel will be used to produce electric vehicle batteries used by the Chevrolet Silverado EV, Blazer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and many more. GM hopes to cut the cost of Ultium battery cells to less than…

Nuro, an autonomous vehicle delivery startup backed by SoftBank, Google and Tiger Global Management, on Saturday (11/19) announced the Termination of Employment (PHK) for 300 people, or 20 percent of its workforce. In an email received by the laid-off employees, the startup said that the downsizing was done in an effort to save on the company’s operational costs amid the poor economic prospects. Several Nuro employees also posted on Twitter and LinkedIn that they had been affected by the layoffs. Meanwhile, the startup founders, namely Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson, will be responsible for the layoffs. “We apologize to the…

Korean luxury car manufacturer, Genesis launched its new concept, named X Convertible, right before the Los Angeles Auto exhibition, United States. A drop-top electric car with a 2+2 seating configuration, the car is based on the same architecture and electric powertrain as the 2021 Genesis X Concept and Genesis X Speedium, and marks the final chapter in the luxury brand’s Concept X series. Genesis started life by producing sedans primarily targeting business users. While creating a distinct new design DNA, they gradually increased the emotional appeal by applying this DNA to the SUV typology. “Now, the electric powertrain has provided…

The Hyundai N Vision 74 has been announced globally by the company some time ago. Now the car has made its debut in North America at the LA Auto Show. The first impression of the car is as wild and retro-futuristic as it gets in the renderings. Taking inspiration from the Hyundai Pony Coupe concept, the automaker describes the new concept as a vision into an electrified future for the N performance sub-brand. The Hyundai N Vision 74 is an FCEV with a hydrogen stack up front to charge the 62.4 kWh battery. The car uses independent motors which can…

Drako Motors, a California-based startup electric car company, has introduced the Dragon Dragon in conjunction with the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show. The Drako Dragon was launched as Drako Motors’ second electric car after the Drako GTE which was developed based on the Fisker Karma. If you look at the specifications, the Drako Dragon electric car has wild power that surpasses the Tesla Model X Plaid and even rivals the Rimac Nevera. Before discussing power, it’s worth mentioning that the Drako Dragon has a unique SUV body that features two gullwing doors. The Super SUV body design was worked on…

Volkswagen’s dream of building an electric vehicle that can compete with Tesla is in jeopardy, as its flagship Project Trinity is now drifting off course. The facility, which is a new $2.2 billion EV factory to manufacture Trinity electric vehicles, may now be in jeopardy. VW is starting to review whether a Trinity EV power plant is really needed This bad news circulated after Manager Magazine, released an interview with VW CEO, Oliver Blume. Mr. Blume as reported in the magazine wants to cancel the new facility as part of its strategy to “clean up” the German car group. Blume’s…

Volta and Cake announced a collaboration aimed at decarbonising and decongesting last mile deliveries, while also improving service to end customers. The first trial, planned in Q1 2023 in Paris will be with the H&M Group, a fashion and design family of brands and businesses. The fully integrated, zero tailpipe emission delivery service from warehouse to end customer uses the most efficient combination of electric trucks and electric two wheelers. Free to operate in the world’s most rigorous zero-emission zones, the capacious Volta Zero will act as a mobile micro hub, or mini warehouse. Cake’s electric motorcycles will be loaded…

After debuting in July, the electric pickup truck, the Radar RD6, has finally launched in China with an initial price of 178,800 yuan. This model is based on the Geely Haoyue VX11 SUV, which will also form the basis of the seven-seater Proton X90 SUV that will be launched next year. Measuring 5,260 mm long, 1,900 mm wide and 1,830 mm high with a wheelbase of 3,120 mm, the Radar RD6 is almost the same size as the Toyota Hilux. According to Car News China, the double-cab version of the Toyota pickup is 5,325 mm long, 1,900 mm wide and…